Chashitsu

Rumah teh Jō-an

Chashitsu (茶室, "ruang teh") dalam tradisi Jepang adalah sebuah ruang arsitektural yang dirancang untuk dipakai acara teh (chanoyu) Gaya arsitektural yang dikembangkan untuk chashitsu disebut sebagai gaya sukiya (sukiya-zukuri), dan istilah sukiya (数奇屋) dipakai sebagai sinonim untuk chashitsu.

Bacaan tambahan

• Introduction to Oriental Civilizations: Sources of the Japanese Tradition. Columbia University Press: New York 1958
• Varley, Paul. Japanese Culture. 4th ed. University of Hawaii Press. 2000
• Murphey, Rhoads. East Asian: A New History. 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers 2001

Pranala luar

• Japanese Tea House Locations by State
• Japanese Tea House Locations by Map
• Comprehensive coverage with photos and diagrams
• Japanese web page containing nice photos of Rikyū's Tai-an tea room
• General explanation of tea room and sukiya architecture in Japanese culture
• The Herbert Offen Research Collection of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, an important research collection in regards to chashitsu.